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Hey guys. Long time no appear for me...but good news. I've finished my Stormboys. All of 'em. Pics to prove it too.












And here is a full army shot 'cause I was bored this morning and didn't want to go to bed yet. However embarassingly small it is, it's my largest army that I can turn into a playable army. I have played them 3 times. Won 1 lost 2. Damn Space Marines...must say my Burna Boys were absolutely useless. Got destroyed in the first turn by a damn rocket. Didn't even get to make a move. Oh well. Thank God for the Deffkoptas. They won it for me.

More good news. Managed to get my hands on 3 more Vellejo colors which means the DP can get some more love. Eager to see if the plan in my head can come out through the brush.

Stay tuned and happy painting.

Nice job, bunny! Glad you got more of the Vallejo's. Look forward to seeing what's up next!

P.S. Sorry to hear about your Orks, but I'm sure that your army was prettier than the other armies were! ;-D

Thanks Makhoy. Glad you like them. I'm stoked I got more Vallejo colors. I now have 3 whites. o_O 1 old GW white, 1 new GW white and now a Vallejo white. And thanks. My Orks are always better looking. I was against SMs all 3 times. Oh well. 1 win is better than none.

In other news, now that my Stormboys are done, I've decided to start on my Dire Avengers. Haven't done all too much. Just some base colors and a wash on the body. Hope to get more done tonight. On with pics.





Thanks for looking and happy painting!

Looking good as always. Love the Eldar, And the Stormboys. Cant wait to see more

Your orks look great! Keep it up!

Nice so far! How many Eldar squads do you have, in addition to the DA's & Serpent? And another question for you. Do you have a pre-made wash, or are you making your own? I've been making my own, but am considerinng buying a Vallejo pre-made wash...

Nice updates since I last looked. You get around the 40k universe a bit don't you!

How many forces do you have now?

wow! Nice orky mob!



The storm boys look excellent!

Tazay and [So]Rice - Thank you!

Makhoy - Along with the DAs and a Serpent I have 2 Walkers, 2 units of Guardias with 1 weapon platform each and a unit of Hawks. I'm pretty sure that's all, but I have so many models from everything I may be missing something, but I don't think so. I buy pre-made GW washes. I really like them so I think I'll stick with them for now. I'm much too lazy to make my own.

Emperors_Champion - Thanks. I used to only do fantasy when I first started but I started really getting into 40K when I started my Tyranids. Everything just escalated from there. How many forces do I have? Let's see.
Fantasy - Lizardmen, Beasts of Chaos, Dark Elves, High Elves, Orcs & Goblins, Skaven, Tomb Kings and Wood Elves.
40K - Chaos Daemons, CSM, Eldar, Orks, and Tyranids. Looking in to starting a SM Salamader army as well as possibly Tau and Dark Eldar.
Is that enough? Never...

logg_frogg - Thank so much. Glad you like them. ^_^

Didn't get any work done on the Avengers last night as I went to bed immediately after getting home from work. I couldnt' resist...the bed just looked so inviting. Will try again tonight.

EDIT: Forgot to mention that I have no idea what color to paint the cloths on my DAs...yellow, orange, red, white, bone, grey? I have no idea what would look good and what would be too much. Help me! >_< Pretty please!

I would go with white or bone cloth as there is already 2 contrasting colors on the figs and another would be too much. The white would also create nice visual tie in with the helmets.

For me, it would depend on what color you're doing the shuriken catapults. If you're going to stay with white/grey tones, I'd do the tabards the orange to tie in with the helmet crests. Can't wait to see what you pick! :-D

Just a few then!

I'm just starting my tau force (literally only painted 1 dude so far), also taking a leaf out of your book (or however that saying goes) and turning my blog a little random! Easier to find it all!

Anyway, keep up the great posts!

The guns will be Fortress Grey with a black wash. Same as my guardians if you need reference. I think I'll try one with an orange and one with a white and see which one I like better. I'll probably post them on here for input as well.

Sup peeps. I did some more work on my Dire Avengers and I also started on a metal Minotaur. I did much more on the Minotaur than I did on the Avengers. I've noticed I can sit and paint Beastmen for a much longer period of time than any other model. Wonder why that is... =/

I seem to have a rant as well. I bought new brushes today 'cause my fine detail is dying, and the new brush I have holds water no matter how well I dry it before using it again. I paint, rinse, dry dry dry, and when I go to paint another color, I have water welling up in the bristels which causes the paint on the tip of my brush to become way to watery and therefore flow into places it's not supposed to go. Any thoughts, hints, ideas? But I digress; on with pics.




Note: I made the stripes on the helmet plumes uneven on purpose.


And here, people, we have a decision to make. It's really entirely up to you guys what color cloth I do 'cause I like how both look. Note these are just base colors, didn't do any shading or highlighting 'cause I didn't want to put too much work into something that I'll just end up painting over anyways. This is just to get a general idea of how the colors look to make a definite decision on which one is the winner. Votes please! EDIT: Please keep in mind the gems will be red just like my Guardians.


This is the WIP metal Minotaur. I was really enjoying painting this one, but my bum was getting sore from sitting so long so I figured that was a sign that it was time to quit for the night and head to bed.


Thoughts on what color I should paint the symbol on his arm? Dark red, light red, black or gold?


I noticed it looks a little creepy having his weapon with one arm and two hands attached not attached to his body.

Thanks for looking and happy painting!

bunny, they look great! Personally, for the DA's, I'd go for the orange. The whilte just doesn't "pop" as much as the orange, and it DOES tie in better with the helmets (takes your eye up & down the minis). As for the minotaur, I love the shading you're doing with him! Where do you find these minis? I'm starting to get the itch to start painting stuff other than my Eldar now! As for your comment re: brushes. I've been getting cheapo detail brush sets from HobbyLobby or even Wal-Mart; theyre cheap, hold paint well, and if they start to fall apart - it's no big deal because you only paid a few $$ for 5-6 brushes. My last set I got from Wal-Mart has been working well for over a month.

I'd go for the orange. It is a classic complementary color for Blue, and it'll go well.

Makhoy - Everything I paint is from GW. I got that Minotaur before they came out with the pack of 3 plastic ones so it's a bit of an older one but not really retro. Glad you like him though. I love my Minotaurs. The brushes I buy are from a hobby store - PM Hobbycraft - 3 per pack for about $8, and I've never had issues with them and I've been using them for years, hence I'm thrown off.

Brian - Thanks for the input.

Nice to see the Ork horde in all it's glory bunnygurl.

The Dire avengers are coming along nicely as well I like the way you have done the plumes. I feel its good to see you are doing each one slightly different.

Oh and yes the Minotaur does look a bit creepy with his arms attached to the weapon and not him lol

I would do the cloth in a lighter blue, probably primarily in Ice Blue.

Hi Bunny, I've been looking in from time to time enjoying your progress on the models and just thought I'd finally drop in and say hello. It's great how much progress you've made not only in terms of the models you've painted but in how far your skill has come. Keep up the great work and thanks for the blog.

GiraffeX - Nice to see you stop by. Glad you like what you see. ^_^

Ovion - I liked the idea but decided ultimately to go with orange. It looks nice and it's my favorite color to boot.

Stormrider - Hello hello to you too. Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment. Hope you can stick around for the party.

I managed to finish my Minotaur tonight as well as make some pretty good progress on my Avengers. I went with the orange cloth and I like how it looks. They just need a few more details, a couple highlights and to be based and they'll be done too. Look at me go!




I highlighted the fur but I think I may have gone too bright so I'm contemplating going over with a Devlan wash.


A bum view for anyone as mature as I.


I tried to make it look like the symbol was kinda fused into his arm by making the skin irritated or scarred around it. Not too sure about it though. Thoughts?

Thanks for looking and happy painting!

bunny, thanks for the bum shot! It's cute! As for the symbol on his arm, I'd recommend using a little more brown in the shade immediately surrounding it - or perhaps even just a brown wash over/arround the symbol. Would look more like scar tissue that way. Other idea would be to lighten the shade immediately arround it and do the brown wash on top...

Well she likes beast butts and she cannot lie! You other painters can't deny!

Word. ;-D

Well I'll add my 2 cents worth.

Firstly, I'm glad you went with the orange on the dire avengers.. I think that if you end up getting them a transport the orange may be really good fun to free hand and should look really quite striking.

I'm 50:50 on the symbol. I can see what you are trying to do and understand what my main man Makhoy is saying too. It looks to me though like a branding. If it was then I think the mark itself would be redder to as if the scar tissue was forming.

Hope this helps in some way!

Taff

Thanks for the input guys. I've finished the Avengers. Hope you like them.




Not the best freehand but you get the idea. Freehand isn't something I practice regularly.




And here's my little helper eating a peanut butter and banana sandwich.

Thanks for looking and happy painting.

bunny, the DA's look really good - like the blue/orange combo. As for your helper, he's adorable! Sure he wasn't trying to look like your pufferfish in the pic? LOL!

Oooo, very cute!

Oh, and that baby is cute, too!

How did you paint that baby to look so realistic?

Nice job with the avengers. Normally not a fan of space elves, but you made 'em look great!

Nice looking elves!

Although I like almost all of it, I particularly like the grey on the guns, the blue on the armour and the eyes

The only parts which I personally think look a bit odd are the spirit stones (some look good, but some have the white 'dobs' a bit too big for my liking) and the flat surface for the top of the 'hair piece' (I know this is how the mini's come, but my greatest regret after painting my first avenger was not trying to find a way to 'texture' the top of the hair... I can only assume that GW thought it shouldn't be textured, but just looks a little odd to me).

Overall though I think they're stunning, and the positives by far outweigh the two items that I personally would do differently.

Can't wait to see more